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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798179503321

Titolo

Sounds of life : music, identity and politics in Zimbabwe / / edited by Fainos Mangena, Ezra Chitando and Itai Muwati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4438-8856-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

780.07

Soggetti

Music - Social aspects - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Politics and government

Zimbabwe Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

Music narrates personal, communal and national experiences. It is a rich repository of a people's deepest fears, hopes, and achievements, especially as it communicates spirituality, economic, and political realities. This volume examines the multiple roles of music in Zimbabwe, showing how Zimbabwean music has addressed the socio-economic, political and spiritual crisis that the country has endured in the last one and a half decades. While concentrating on the tumultuous 2000-2013 period, the themes that are addressed here are enduring. Thus, the book explores the interplay between music and g